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FOX News Digital delivered a platform milestone, marking its strongest
quarter in its history among page views (4.6 billion in Q1 2019),
according to Comscore. For the first quarter of 2019 among the
multi-platform minute category, FOX News Digital bested CNN.com with
nearly 11.4 billion minutes spent, compared to CNN.com’s 9.1 billion.
FOX News Digital was up 56 percent versus the first quarter of 2018 in
multi-platform minutes while CNN.com only increased 11 percent.

For the month of March, FOX News Digital also dominated the landscape in
multiple categories. FOX News Digital achieved 104.6 million in monthly
unique visitors, in addition to surpassing CNN.com for the second
consecutive month with 1.6 billion total views. Additionally, March
marks the third consecutive month that FOX News Digital surpassed 100
million multi-platform uniques, as well as the sixth month in a row of
exceeding CNN.com in minutes spent. For the fourth month in a row, the
Fox News Mobile App also surpassed the CNN Mobile App in Unique
Visitors, with 7.5 million versus 6.9 million. ***

In commenting on the milestone performances, FOX News Digital
Editor-In-Chief Porter Berry said, “We are consistently number one in
the ratings and now we are increasingly dominating the digital space as
well. The quarterly milestone and March success proves that our
investment in news and relentless focus on compelling storytelling has
made FOX News an industry leader across all major platforms.”

In the competitive set, FOX News was the number one most engaged news
brand on social media in Q1 2019 with 139 Million interactions
(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), up seven percent versus Q4 2018,
according to Socialbakers and Shareablee. This marks the 19th
consecutive quarter that FOX News has been number one in total social
interactions, accounting for 31 percent of all social interactions in
the first quarter of 2019. Additionally, FOX News drove 50 percent more
interactions than the cable news competition (CNN+MSNBC) combined in Q1
2019. FOX News Facebook interactions were up 15 percent this quarter
versus Q1 2018 and FOX News Instagram interactions were up 27 percent
this quarter versus the prior year.

FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service
delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The
number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television
news channel for 17 consecutive years. According to a 2019 Suffolk
University poll, FOX News is the most trusted source for television news
or commentary in the country while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement
Brand Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable
news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among
Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News is the
top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly
90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.